I hate to pour cold water on the euphoria over the announcement of an independent ACA. But what else can you think when you read between the lines of the following NST/Bernama report?
Notice that what will be independent is the Advisory Board to the ACA. So the board can only advise the ACA, but presumably [...]
Let’s face it. An underground rail system would be too expensive for Penang and, with 700,000 people on the island, it is doubtful if Penang has the passenger loads to justify such a heavy investment. They say a subway system would cost many times what a monorail would.
But even a 35-km monorail network would cost [...]
Severn Cullis-Suzuki, then 12, addresses the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro in 1992:
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To all those greedy and wasteful people (and their corporations) who are destroying the environment, think of your children and your families and what kind of world you will leave behind for them.
Who is she? According to Wikipedia:
Severn Cullis-Suzuki (born 1979) [...]
No letting up: Some 3,000 Makkal Sakthi and Hindraf supporters call for release of ISA detainees
For one moment, it looked as if the general election campaign was not yet over. The orange shirts were back in numbers. A similar crowd had packed the Penang Chinese Town Hall in the run-up to the general election.
Makkal Sakthi [...]
Just got a text message from an unhappy political scientist friend, who forwarded to me an sms that he had sent to a DAP rep in Penang:
People not happy with councillors appoint & list. old wine in new bottle. expect you guys to deliver your promises during election.
Also received another email from a concerned Penangite. [...]
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